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i don't think john boehner has stood up on anything. there are at least some republicans on immigration doing something. i don't see him anywhere. >> i disagree. i think he had guts and then lost his guts. he actually started out doing this grand bargain and as soon as someone said boo, notably, the people in his own leadership team, then he realized he had no guts at all. so, you know, i guess that redefines guts. >> sequentially, he had the guts to negotiate with the president to a certain point, but then he did not have the guts as he says here to take on his own -- >> there is that. i think evaporating guts don't -- >> i try. >> the republicans have been consulting pollster neil nuhouse, quoted as saying this "i kind of emphasize to the members that second midterm elections have never been friendly to the president. you can't count on that. that's not going to happen. we've got to realize that the house republicans are going to be obama's top target." so boehner is being told, don't just sit there and think on a midterm you guys aut
i don't think john boehner has stood up on anything. there are at least some republicans on immigration doing something. i don't see him anywhere. >> i disagree. i think he had guts and then lost his guts. he actually started out doing this grand bargain and as soon as someone said boo, notably, the people in his own leadership team, then he realized he had no guts at all. so, you know, i guess that redefines guts. >> sequentially, he had the guts to negotiate with the president to...
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because john boehner couldn't control his caucus. don't forget, that's how we got into this mess in the first place. as you pointed out, talk about a lack of leadership, my goodness. >> steve, isn't this what the republicans have wanted all along, across-the-board cuts? i know they're very concerned about defense spending and defense projects, because it's in the backyard of a lot of these republicans. but across-the-board cuts is really what they wanted all along, because this is going to force the democrats to possibly go after the big three. what about that? >> i think there is something to that. i mean clearly their hopes all along were the sequester, as damaging as it is gives them the cuts that they want without any real revenue. the president was able to get $600 billion in revenue towards the end of last year. but at this point republicans are thinking no more revenue, no more compromising, and they want a deal that has 100% cuts, zero percent revenue. and for all the ills, all the damage it's going to do the military, the ec
because john boehner couldn't control his caucus. don't forget, that's how we got into this mess in the first place. as you pointed out, talk about a lack of leadership, my goodness. >> steve, isn't this what the republicans have wanted all along, across-the-board cuts? i know they're very concerned about defense spending and defense projects, because it's in the backyard of a lot of these republicans. but across-the-board cuts is really what they wanted all along, because this is going...
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john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway boehner at all. we've seen the stalemate because of that, and cantor and rooen are going to keep boehner on the right. >> people outside the process are saying this is the dumbest way to do business, to have a meat ax approach and have across the board cuts. yes, it does achieve some budget savings, but does it not in any kind of intelligent way of planning. >> which is why if you talk to the people on capitol hill, the people who are making these decisions, they say that down the road if there are huge economic damages -- i mean, we don't really know what's going to happen to the economy if the seque
john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway...
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that is something john boehner pointed to saying we have looked to cutting. and then you actually look at the numbers, and they were called out on it today. it doesn't cut. so the plan and threat doesn't involve something they want to do. and the so-called cutting doesn't cut, because they can't shrink the government this way. >> so are we headed for another time-buying maneuver at the last minute that creates another 30-day window in which to decide this? >> well, it looks like the sequester cuts will take some amount of time. maybe there is a solution there. it is hard to see, nobody is negotiating, nobody is working with each other. everybody is trying to figure out the best political position. >> and nothing until 11:00 p.m., until the sequester hits. >> it doesn't even seem like there are the movements towards negotiations. and it is hard for me to see, i think both sides feel like they prefer the sequester than to any deal that the other side is offering at this point. >> krystal ball and ari melber, thank you for joining us. >>> and we'll see more on j
that is something john boehner pointed to saying we have looked to cutting. and then you actually look at the numbers, and they were called out on it today. it doesn't cut. so the plan and threat doesn't involve something they want to do. and the so-called cutting doesn't cut, because they can't shrink the government this way. >> so are we headed for another time-buying maneuver at the last minute that creates another 30-day window in which to decide this? >> well, it looks like the...
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when john boehner wrote this in the journal, he said mr. president, we agree that the sequester is bad policy. now we have this jay carney tweeting in response and speaker boehner will be writing history in the wsj op ed. when he and 173 house voted for sequester. are we retelling history and making up what went down in the past? i talked about this earlier today in my hour saying there was nor gop dna and twitter lit up and saying no, no. it's the president. where does it fall? whose lap? >> depends who you ask. i know both sides derive political benefit from where this is headed. this might be with regard to the economy and not both sides being able to go back to constituencies and say truthfully here's where i stood and it happened nevertheless. it benefits the republicans because their mantra is one of we are not going along with spending cuts without tax increases and we can't have tax increases on top of the 600 billion we went along with. the president made a pitch to independence by saying the word compromise. i'm for doing this in
when john boehner wrote this in the journal, he said mr. president, we agree that the sequester is bad policy. now we have this jay carney tweeting in response and speaker boehner will be writing history in the wsj op ed. when he and 173 house voted for sequester. are we retelling history and making up what went down in the past? i talked about this earlier today in my hour saying there was nor gop dna and twitter lit up and saying no, no. it's the president. where does it fall? whose lap?...
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john boehner threatens the cuts to the u.s. national security, thousands of jobs and more. boehner is right. these cuts were design today be so brutal, so awful that even extremist republicans would want to avoid them. and, yet, the hill reports today that republicans have decided o the requester is where they'll make their stand on spending cuts. it's downright crazy. republicans admit the cuts will threaten national security and kill jobs. but they refuse to stop them? it makes zero sense. >>> a new economic report warns these cuts could cause 700,000 workers to lose their jobs this year alone. >>> the pentagon today passed a plan to furlough 8,000 workers if the cuts take effect. it's shameful. and the president is fighting that. today, he gave interviews to 8 different tv shows around the country, demand gd the gop stop these spending cuts, and, instead, close loopholes for the rich. >> instead of us cutting education, mental health programs and a whole range of other things that are really important, we should be focused on programs that we know don't work, waste in go
john boehner threatens the cuts to the u.s. national security, thousands of jobs and more. boehner is right. these cuts were design today be so brutal, so awful that even extremist republicans would want to avoid them. and, yet, the hill reports today that republicans have decided o the requester is where they'll make their stand on spending cuts. it's downright crazy. republicans admit the cuts will threaten national security and kill jobs. but they refuse to stop them? it makes zero sense....
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. >> let's go ahead and play john boehner. john boehner was just speaking a moment ago, i want to play it for everybody. go ahead and listen. >> -- if he's serious about enacting his agenda, i think it must start with the part of this congress that his party controls the united states senate. you know, what can he get passed in the united states senate. the president wants to impose a national cap and trade energy tax. i would hope that senate democrats would take it up. if the president wants more stimulus spending, i would expect the united states senate to go ahead and take it up. if the president wants more tax hikes that destroy jobs, then his democrat allies in the senate ought to take it up. this isn't the agenda that many americans are looking for. and i think many in the president's own party won't support those ideas. in the house, we're going to continue to focus on what the american people's top priorities are, creating jobs and cutting spending. now, for the last two years, the house has done its work, we've passe
. >> let's go ahead and play john boehner. john boehner was just speaking a moment ago, i want to play it for everybody. go ahead and listen. >> -- if he's serious about enacting his agenda, i think it must start with the part of this congress that his party controls the united states senate. you know, what can he get passed in the united states senate. the president wants to impose a national cap and trade energy tax. i would hope that senate democrats would take it up. if the...
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how did john boehner get into such a corner? >> i think the whole republican party has gotten into a corner by letting the president off the hook. here's a president almost a spending addict, the debt has gone up dram lick. what nobody is talking about is we are taking this credit card and pasting it to the next gen wrags, which is unconscionable. there's always been a promise from one generation to the next we would leave america better and stronger. instead we're kicking the can down the road and telling them good luck. i think it's outrageous. why aren't peopleal home saying we just need a balanced-budget amendment. >> if you talk about that, john, with the fact that we're leaving america worse off, a lot of economists would disagree with you, but knowing we need to get or revenue under control, in hindsight why would john boehner agree and say i got 98% of what i wanted. >> first of all, i think most people thought this would never come to fruition. it should very called being put in time-out. this is like, if we don't do ou
how did john boehner get into such a corner? >> i think the whole republican party has gotten into a corner by letting the president off the hook. here's a president almost a spending addict, the debt has gone up dram lick. what nobody is talking about is we are taking this credit card and pasting it to the next gen wrags, which is unconscionable. there's always been a promise from one generation to the next we would leave america better and stronger. instead we're kicking the can down...
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boehner, but here is what president obama said last night that actually provoked speaker john boehner to stand and yes, applaud. >> hadiya's parents, nate and cleo are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. gabrielle giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities, ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> president obama won over at least one republican senator. >> he put forth some good ideas, i agree we need to vote on guns, let's have the debate, let's have it out there. let's talk about what the constitution says and what the bill of rights is, and what tenth amendment rights are and second memoamendment. i think we ought to have votes. >> wayne lapierre has announced he will respond to the president's state-of-the-union address tomorrow. where else? at the national wild turkey federation convention. nr
boehner, but here is what president obama said last night that actually provoked speaker john boehner to stand and yes, applaud. >> hadiya's parents, nate and cleo are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. gabrielle giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg...
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he's going to do local tv hits today around the country, and john boehner gets a "wall street journal" editorial, which is really just speaking to his base. the president is speaking to the american people, making the case these cuts are bad for them, and the republicans really are not in a position to respond effectively. when you're in the congressional wing of the party, democrats or republicans, you're not able to effectively compete with the presidency. the republicans learned that in '94 during the government shutdown, they are going to learn it again this time. >> president obama was just reelected. there's a sense america believes he wants to be reasonable in all of this, and, you know, i talk about the great reasonableness tour of 2012. he spent a lot of time trying to prove himself as someone who wants to negotiate. >> right. it's interesting, because it's similar and it's different to when this fight began. it's helpful to remind people this began in 2011 when there was a serious crisis. literally, on august 3rd the estimate was we were going to default on our debt and the
he's going to do local tv hits today around the country, and john boehner gets a "wall street journal" editorial, which is really just speaking to his base. the president is speaking to the american people, making the case these cuts are bad for them, and the republicans really are not in a position to respond effectively. when you're in the congressional wing of the party, democrats or republicans, you're not able to effectively compete with the presidency. the republicans learned...
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so john boehner now says he invented the whole thing. at the time i believe he said i got 98% of what i want. it is at most 2% the president's sequester. maybe he has a short-term memory loss. as i recall, you recall the specifics of the 98%. there was the whole debt ceiling crisis and that is how we ended up with the sequester. it wasn't the president's idea to play with the default. i thought he out smarted those guys at the time. he is trying to admit that after he said he got 98% of what he got. he wants to blame the president for the problem that he created. you showed a tape that i thought was important of him saying it is all in the dems all in the senate. opposition does not always equal doing nothing. he has figured out how you can sound reasonable. >> if the senate passes something we will take a look at it. instead he was saying no, no, no right at the start. when he didn't have to because the senate was going to pass most of what we were talking about. >> that is why he is actually an accomplished politician. that is how you
so john boehner now says he invented the whole thing. at the time i believe he said i got 98% of what i want. it is at most 2% the president's sequester. maybe he has a short-term memory loss. as i recall, you recall the specifics of the 98%. there was the whole debt ceiling crisis and that is how we ended up with the sequester. it wasn't the president's idea to play with the default. i thought he out smarted those guys at the time. he is trying to admit that after he said he got 98% of what he...
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the president contacted house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. no details on the wall but eight days away. it would take a real miracle for congress as of right now, it is acting like not a care in the world to move on something as enormous as the sequester, replacing it in eight days and looking like will happen and house republicans are fine with this so far, is that the sequester goes in to effect and that the new baseline for a new budget the rest of this year will be a more favorable number to house conservatives and that's very wonky and they see going forward with sequester, they want the cuts they want and the lower number. might not get everything specifically related to defense but going to negotiate this future government shut down slated for march 27th, they have a stronger negotiating potential with the new number of the sequester for the rest of the fiscal year and wonky insider d.c. stuff but that's where we stand. >> thank you. let's bring in the political panel. nbc news political analyst and former democratic governor ed rendell
the president contacted house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. no details on the wall but eight days away. it would take a real miracle for congress as of right now, it is acting like not a care in the world to move on something as enormous as the sequester, replacing it in eight days and looking like will happen and house republicans are fine with this so far, is that the sequester goes in to effect and that the new baseline for a new budget the rest of this...
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and john boehner couldn't stick to the script today for the softer, gentler, kinder gop. he told reporters at a breakfast briefing that obama doesn't have -- this is the new phrase. he doesn't have the guts to cut spending. today more republican intransigents are holding up again by demanding the speaker -- actually harry reid from nevada come up with 60 votes to move forward the vote. and senator rand paul put a hold on president obama's pick. joining me now is salon's joan walsh and washington post's dana milbank. they can't beat these people so they're doing this obstructing. they're trying to smear this guy. they know he's going to be secretary of defense. there is absolutely no purpose in what cruz is doing except trying to move he's more obnoxious than neocons are. they're just messing around with the government of the united states, i think. >> they're messing around in a particularly ugly way. i mean, ted cruz, this is ugly stuff, chris. and the good news for marco rubio is he makes rubio look like a statesman. and john mccain god bless him is rising to the occasi
and john boehner couldn't stick to the script today for the softer, gentler, kinder gop. he told reporters at a breakfast briefing that obama doesn't have -- this is the new phrase. he doesn't have the guts to cut spending. today more republican intransigents are holding up again by demanding the speaker -- actually harry reid from nevada come up with 60 votes to move forward the vote. and senator rand paul put a hold on president obama's pick. joining me now is salon's joan walsh and...
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those look very much like obama's december offer to john boehner which john boehner just couldn't get the votes for. remember boehner had a fall back plan that was less ambitious. he couldn't get the votes for that. now he said this discussion is over. what do we conclude? obama made a good offer. he reiterated last night and said we already cut a trillion and a half out of appropriated spending and some revenue out of the fiska will cliff deal and have a ways yet to go. let's have a balanced course as we work this out. the republicans have said we are not talking and the reality is the republican caucus is so extreme that they couldn't get the votes for a deal if they had one. >> thank you so much very much. the president is heading out of your home state on his first stop after the state of the union. let me get back to the panel here. i want to play what marco rubio had to say in the gop response prior to the water drink. prior or after. i don't know if anything matters. you take that sip of water and what he said about his personal story. >> this ideal is personal. my parents emig
those look very much like obama's december offer to john boehner which john boehner just couldn't get the votes for. remember boehner had a fall back plan that was less ambitious. he couldn't get the votes for that. now he said this discussion is over. what do we conclude? obama made a good offer. he reiterated last night and said we already cut a trillion and a half out of appropriated spending and some revenue out of the fiska will cliff deal and have a ways yet to go. let's have a balanced...
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. >> and it also forces john boehner to make statements like this. i've read this five times. a lot of people who are being paid the minimum wage are being paid that because they come to the workforce with no skills and this, an increase in the minimum wage makes it harder for them to acquire the skills they need in order to climb that ladder successfully. as far as i can tell, the argument there is don't pay people more because it will make them lazy. this is the taker's maker thing. this is an extension of romne romney-ichl. ism. >> by the way, he talked about indexes the middle wage. i remember when mitt romney came out for this, and mitt romney came out he would be open for indexing the minimum wage. people close to paul ryan. i believe he did it after he picked paul ryan. and he went on larry kudlow, i saw larry kudlow last night, and said, hey, you know they're doing the indexes. i told larry that's bad policy. economic conservatives. for doing that. while the president is throwing it out there trying to give to the public, hey, there's bipartisan -- there's really not.
. >> and it also forces john boehner to make statements like this. i've read this five times. a lot of people who are being paid the minimum wage are being paid that because they come to the workforce with no skills and this, an increase in the minimum wage makes it harder for them to acquire the skills they need in order to climb that ladder successfully. as far as i can tell, the argument there is don't pay people more because it will make them lazy. this is the taker's maker thing....
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very, very important. >>. >> john boehner, from house republican men and women. >> yes. >> 19 members. >> 17 members, and i was surprised to see that some of the house republicans who have been supportive up to this point with whom we've been working weren't even on the letter. this was a whole new set of house republicans that joined together to say we need a bipartisan bill, we need to do it, we need to get it done now, take leadership, make it happen. >> kim, it's great to see you. >> my pleasure. mroo meanwhile, in detroit prosecutor there is on a crusade to help rape victims whose cases she believes were forgotten for decades because of evidence that was warehoused by police. thousands of rape kits that were never examined. >> we are potentially looking at at that time over 2,000 rape kits representing over 10,000 cases where women had reported, whose lives are sitting on the shelf. nobody cares. i was shocked. >> "rock center's" kate snow joins me now. kate, this is an astounding case. you have been investigating. this is based on this prosecutor and her belief. take us through
very, very important. >>. >> john boehner, from house republican men and women. >> yes. >> 19 members. >> 17 members, and i was surprised to see that some of the house republicans who have been supportive up to this point with whom we've been working weren't even on the letter. this was a whole new set of house republicans that joined together to say we need a bipartisan bill, we need to do it, we need to get it done now, take leadership, make it happen. >>...
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. >> then john boehner says he was willing to close loopholes in the tax code but only if the revenue obtained from that was used to lower income tax rates. today, president obama framed the choice this way. >> so now republicans in congress face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education and health care and national security, and all the jobs that depend on them? or would they rather put hundreds of thousands of jobs and the entire economy at risk just to keep the special tax benefits that benefit only the wealthest corporations and the richest. >> that sounds like a choice, to president obama, but republicans think it is more complicated. >> yeah, i guess it is the way we'll do things now, they want the medicare cuts, they want to beat him up. they want things they know democrats will never vote for. and i think more than that they just want to complain the president is mean, a bully, i'm really not sure there is a purpose for this. we know there is a history for this. he talked about it, the last time it happened they literally waited
. >> then john boehner says he was willing to close loopholes in the tax code but only if the revenue obtained from that was used to lower income tax rates. today, president obama framed the choice this way. >> so now republicans in congress face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education and health care and national security, and all the jobs that depend on them? or would they rather put hundreds of thousands of jobs and the entire...
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poor john boehner. he always looks the same way. sad and almost miserable in the role he has to play. he comes into the white house and can't speak for the congress because he then has to go back and deal with whatever staff he still has working for him and they have to deal with cantor and whatever came game is playing because he is checking the wind and find out who in the tea party is speaking for the tea party that day and are they willing to budge at all? the answer is always no. it's almost like the middle east and the israel yis and looking r a peace partner and there isn't one. you have this situation. there is no person, man or woman, right or far right that can walk through that door and say i speak for the republicans, let's deal. that is the problem. the lack of a negotiating partner from the hill. boehner does not speak for the hard right of his party but the hard right of his party controls his party now. and that is a real dynamic problem here and not a partisan analysis. i think when historians look back on this peri
poor john boehner. he always looks the same way. sad and almost miserable in the role he has to play. he comes into the white house and can't speak for the congress because he then has to go back and deal with whatever staff he still has working for him and they have to deal with cantor and whatever came game is playing because he is checking the wind and find out who in the tea party is speaking for the tea party that day and are they willing to budge at all? the answer is always no. it's...
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speaker john boehner, never one to balk at a touch of plagiarism offered the same criticism but he tried to lay the blame on the president by calling these his sequester cuts. funny that because i seem to remember the speaker striking a different tone on the budget deal that produced the sequester. what was it he said again? >> you look this final agreement we came to with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> that was it. let's get right to our panel. david corn is washington bureau chief for mother jones magazine, and karen finney is former dnc communications director. both are msnbc political analysts and i'm delighted to say karen has joined us here in new york. if i can start with you, david, james clapper, the director of national intelligence, told reuters that just the cuts scheduled for our intelligence services would be, in his words, the budgetary equivalent of emergency amputations. can you explain to our viewers, david, why republicans are so happily trumpeting the idea that we should take these cuts on the chin when they could provoke a national
speaker john boehner, never one to balk at a touch of plagiarism offered the same criticism but he tried to lay the blame on the president by calling these his sequester cuts. funny that because i seem to remember the speaker striking a different tone on the budget deal that produced the sequester. what was it he said again? >> you look this final agreement we came to with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> that was it. let's get right to our panel....
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he has to play both sides of the party just like john boehner. just like his boss, president bush. and they can read what's written on the wall here. they will make themselves feel strong. they're going up against the president. they're being tough about spending cuts. but you do not make up the deficit in the polls. this kind of scenario, every day, every week, there will be those furlough letters going out. so even before we get to meat not getting on the shelves, there are going to be bad stories about government workers, not generic government workers, but fire fighters, people trying to raise their families, go out, do an honest day's work. they're going to be the story. not tax cuts. not the president against john boehner. >> you see u joe, this is what the e lerksz was all about. and i raise this to the president on my radio show today. why would the republicans even risk this or even do this to the american people when the election is over. they cannot vote him out. he won't be running again. and listen to what his answer was to me. it seems they understand the impact. i do
he has to play both sides of the party just like john boehner. just like his boss, president bush. and they can read what's written on the wall here. they will make themselves feel strong. they're going up against the president. they're being tough about spending cuts. but you do not make up the deficit in the polls. this kind of scenario, every day, every week, there will be those furlough letters going out. so even before we get to meat not getting on the shelves, there are going to be bad...
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>> i think you will. >> john boehner -- doesn't -- i don't think john boehner wants to put his members in the position of having to vote no on something that 92% of the country likes. and i do think he feels that a lot will feel constrained to vote now. in a gerrymandering district -- >> there is room for the party to move this issue forward within the republican caucus. and i think that john boehner realizes there will be a part of his caucus that will not under any substance go with that. he is trying to cobble together with the democrats in the house so that the house can deliver on the vote -- >> it is interesting tonight, i believe there were 31 members of congress who brought along with them. they have one ticket to sit in the gallery, 31 members of congress brought somebody affected by gun violence, effectively packing the gallery with this issue. zero republicans. >> and these people deserve a vote. and i also want to respectfully say to my colleagues here -- >> they deserve much more than a vote. but what our politics has come to is that we beg for a vote just to vote. >> no,
>> i think you will. >> john boehner -- doesn't -- i don't think john boehner wants to put his members in the position of having to vote no on something that 92% of the country likes. and i do think he feels that a lot will feel constrained to vote now. in a gerrymandering district -- >> there is room for the party to move this issue forward within the republican caucus. and i think that john boehner realizes there will be a part of his caucus that will not under any substance...
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house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been make for a year -- his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. mitch mcconelle insisted, more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. meanwhile the co-chairs of the president's 2010 budget reduction panel. are offering another plan, we're talking about simpson and bowles. their first attempt was ignored by the administration and congressional members. this latest proposal would save $600 billion in changes in health care programs and tax reform. on top of that $1.2 trillion would come on cutting down discretionary spending. allen simpson said that it represents a badly needed reality check for our nation. >> before you begin drool at the mouth, read the report. use your bean instead of listening to crap from the left and right. he will have a failed presidency unless he deals with the social security sovereignty. >>> after a white house plan for immigration reform leaked over the weekend, presi
house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been make for a year -- his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. mitch mcconelle insisted, more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. meanwhile the co-chairs of the president's 2010 budget reduction panel. are offering another plan, we're talking about simpson and bowles. their first attempt was ignored...
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john boehner went out -- >> budget control act. >> budget control act, i'm sorry. after the budget control act passed, john boehner went out and said i got 98% of what i wanted. right now house republicans went on a nine-day vacation and they haven't put forward a plan to end sequestration in seven weeks. >> the u.s. senate also went on a vacation. let's not get carried away. jackie, i'm a cynic. i think the cuts are going to go through on march 1st and then they're all going to panic. >> i don't disagree with you. here's the thing about this particular congress and the last congress is they do wait until the very last minute and all of us are saying, okay, they have to do it in 72 hours or this happens or this can't happen. i don't know that that's going to happen this time because there doesn't seem there's enough buy-in on both sides to get this done. but we're going to see this reflect in the markets and see this reflect in the economy if this does happen, and then you're going to have more finger-pointing. >> mark, your fix-a-debt, are they going to come down
john boehner went out -- >> budget control act. >> budget control act, i'm sorry. after the budget control act passed, john boehner went out and said i got 98% of what i wanted. right now house republicans went on a nine-day vacation and they haven't put forward a plan to end sequestration in seven weeks. >> the u.s. senate also went on a vacation. let's not get carried away. jackie, i'm a cynic. i think the cuts are going to go through on march 1st and then they're all going...
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john boehner is coming out. i'm sure we'll hear reaction from him. let's listen to the speaker of the house. >> things like making sure that our taxes are competitive and we need to reform our tax good. bring down the rates for all americans to make it fair. they expect us to continue to expand american energy production throughout our count country. it will give us a huge advantage if we continue to develop our energy resources. and i think most americans believe that we have to stop government overregulation that's strangling our economy and economic growth. last night the president offered up more of the same. higher taxes and more stimulus spending. and just as disappointing, we're weeks away from the president's sequester and the president laid out no plan to lieliminate the sequester and the harmful cuts that will come as a result of it. republicans have twice passed bills on the sequester. it's upon democrats to show us their plan to stop the e sequester from going into effect. >> good morning. house republicans this year are going to be about
john boehner is coming out. i'm sure we'll hear reaction from him. let's listen to the speaker of the house. >> things like making sure that our taxes are competitive and we need to reform our tax good. bring down the rates for all americans to make it fair. they expect us to continue to expand american energy production throughout our count country. it will give us a huge advantage if we continue to develop our energy resources. and i think most americans believe that we have to stop...
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. >>> plus, the big congressional panel on john boehner's decision to go on vacation before we go off another cliff. >>> it was the biggest meteor blast in 100 years. so how did we know about an asteroid the size of a swimming pool but not a meteorite the size of a house? good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. progressives finally have something to be hopeful about when it comes to congress. now, the 113th congress kicked off in a pretty disappointing fashion. there could have been meaningful filibuster reform. there was a way around the gridlock. but of course, harry reid caved. that's another story in itself. so nothing has really changed. all you have to do is look at the chuck hagel situation in the senate to see just how bad everything is right now. but i want you to imagine liberals, just imagine what it would be like if we had 60 senators like this. >> i'm really concerned that too big to fail has become too big for trial. that just seems wrong to me. >> it sure does. newly elected senator from massachusetts elizabeth warren is doing what she promised to
. >>> plus, the big congressional panel on john boehner's decision to go on vacation before we go off another cliff. >>> it was the biggest meteor blast in 100 years. so how did we know about an asteroid the size of a swimming pool but not a meteorite the size of a house? good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. progressives finally have something to be hopeful about when it comes to congress. now, the 113th congress kicked off in a pretty disappointing...
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house speaker john boehner continues to say spending? what's the big problem? it's amazing john boehner can identify any problems considering how little the guy works. count 'em. 19 days. that's how many days the house has been in session since the start of 2013. let's see. six weeks, 19 days. pretty good deal, isn't it? do the math. these house members are only showing up for work 59% of the time. i bet you could get away with that. meanwhile, the people who will get hurt by these cuts are the ones who are working hard, five or six times or seven days a week. now look, folks. this election was about what? the middle class. that's all president obama talked about on the campaign trail was the middle class. and the middle class and the poor are the first ones who will take a hit as long as republicans keep denying reality. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. will republicans hurt average americans just to spite the president? text "a" for yes. text b for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll br
house speaker john boehner continues to say spending? what's the big problem? it's amazing john boehner can identify any problems considering how little the guy works. count 'em. 19 days. that's how many days the house has been in session since the start of 2013. let's see. six weeks, 19 days. pretty good deal, isn't it? do the math. these house members are only showing up for work 59% of the time. i bet you could get away with that. meanwhile, the people who will get hurt by these cuts are the...
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did you notice the smile, by the way, on john boehner's face sit behind the president on the state of the union. if you did, you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard-hating republicans that even boehner is scared to death of looking like he might like what the president is saying. let's go at it. our guests very joy read and michael steele former chair of the republican national committee. both very msnbc analysts and good ones. let's take a look at this. is this delay on the hagel vote about playing for time? well, "the new york times" reports today that anti-hagel groups right now are hoping for exactly that. quote, leaders of the group say they expect third efforts to include more phone calls, urging conservative voters to vote no. new efforts to unearth embarrassing details from mr. hagel's past, and potentially a new round of television advertisements pressuring democrats to drop their support for him. it used to be the president got his cabinet. now e you get the entire opposition party to the last man and woman voting against it in what i don't even know is one reason. if
did you notice the smile, by the way, on john boehner's face sit behind the president on the state of the union. if you did, you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard-hating republicans that even boehner is scared to death of looking like he might like what the president is saying. let's go at it. our guests very joy read and michael steele former chair of the republican national committee. both very msnbc analysts and good ones. let's take a look at this. is this delay on the hagel vote...
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. >> the other side of the political game of chicken, house speaker john boehner in an op-ed calling the sequester a product of the president's own failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is frustrating for them, which you saw expressed in some of the things rubio said and paul ryan has said in the last couple of days, if they are going to stick their necks outs, they want to feel they have a partner with the white house. >> joining me right now is democratic congressman eric shifz zer. let's dive in to bring everybody up to speed on where we stand with nine days out on the quester. interesting with the piece out by john boehner, carney has tweeted out, speaker boehner is rewriting history in the op-ed for getting he said i got 98% of what i wanted when he and 173 house rs voted for the sequester. a
. >> the other side of the political game of chicken, house speaker john boehner in an op-ed calling the sequester a product of the president's own failed leadership and in the middle of that red meat rhetoric, a warning from leon panetta that the pentagon is preparing for furloughs even as obama hammers republicans on the sequester, he's reaching out on immigration. he placed calls to marco rubio, and john mccain -- >> they are sticking their necks out on this issue. what is...
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during a news conference, luke russert asked speaker john boehner about his valentinvalen day plans. >> of course, luke asked that. we love luke. >> luke's the man. >>> so, change gears to a little late night, bill, jerry seinfeld made a special appearance on david letterman last night. take a look. >> there's a new announcement in the movie theater mixed in with the trailers, please pick up the garbage from around your seat after the movie, oh, okay. maybe i'll bring my orange jumpsuit with a wooden stick with a nail in, too. i'm not picking it up. i'm the one that threw it down. why i would throw it down and then pick it up? there is an agreed upon deal. between us and the movie theater people whoever they are and that deal is understood by every single person in this room the deal is, you're ripping us off. okay? we get it. we're fine with it. overpriced, oversized stuff that we shouldn't be eating. in exchange for that, when i'm done with something, i open my hand. >> he started a little slow. >> i'm guilty. i'm guilty, too. >> you're guilty? >> of course. you buy popcorn and sna
during a news conference, luke russert asked speaker john boehner about his valentinvalen day plans. >> of course, luke asked that. we love luke. >> luke's the man. >>> so, change gears to a little late night, bill, jerry seinfeld made a special appearance on david letterman last night. take a look. >> there's a new announcement in the movie theater mixed in with the trailers, please pick up the garbage from around your seat after the movie, oh, okay. maybe i'll bring...
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. >> although john boehner did not get up for the 102-year-old woman. >> no, but he got up or other things too. please, it's at the end of the speech. >> what about marco rubio, there's been a lot of nitpicking. overall, it's a very hard job to give the response, the republican response. there's been very few examples, and you, chris, anyone who has given a democratic or republican response that has been effective. we saw bobby jindal with brian williams last night in a very effective interview. but we know how ineffective his response from new orleans was when he tried it. so what about marco rubio and his especially message. >> i feel like it's that infamous "sports illustrated" jinx. they put you on the cover, it's the worst possible thing for your career. >> unless you're wearing a bathing suit. >> well -- geez -- i'm not going -- i will not address. that. >> she is trying to suck you into a kate upton conversation. >> exactly. >> i'm fully hydrated and i'm just continuing forward. >> don't reach for your water. >> president of the united states is addressing the cabinet. the supreme c
. >> although john boehner did not get up for the 102-year-old woman. >> no, but he got up or other things too. please, it's at the end of the speech. >> what about marco rubio, there's been a lot of nitpicking. overall, it's a very hard job to give the response, the republican response. there's been very few examples, and you, chris, anyone who has given a democratic or republican response that has been effective. we saw bobby jindal with brian williams last night in a very...
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. >> the fingerpointing hasn't stopped and john boehner wrote an op-ed as the president's outrage about the sequester grows the republicans have a simple response, mr. president, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. what spending are you willing to cut to replace it? and felicia, revenue obviously sounds like it's off the table. that's what republicans have been saying all along. are democrats going to hold out thinking, we've got it last time, let's try again? >> i think it's interesting when the white house has been asked about this, they decline to say what type of balanced deal they would like to see on what specific ratio. i think the sign that's we're getting from all sides right now, they are not going to be able to come to a table and get to some kind of agreement. the fact on both sides they are still trying to attribute the blame for whose fault the sequester actually is is not a good sign in these talks. i think more interesting though, when you look at the change that's happened on the republican side since last year. around this time last year, you had many congressi
. >> the fingerpointing hasn't stopped and john boehner wrote an op-ed as the president's outrage about the sequester grows the republicans have a simple response, mr. president, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. what spending are you willing to cut to replace it? and felicia, revenue obviously sounds like it's off the table. that's what republicans have been saying all along. are democrats going to hold out thinking, we've got it last time, let's try again? >> i think...
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. >> reporter: and this white house was eager to show the president enjoying quality time with john boehner, and bill clinton. >> this is not about a trivial issue like a golf game. what we care about is the politics of the united states, whether it is a democrat or republican. >>> coming up right here on "the morning show," president obama braces and gets ready for the automatic spending cuts, what they call sequester. but will they avoid the sequester? the morning crew will join in. we'll huddle around the water crew, where michelle obama discusses her new bangs. "way too early" coming right back. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. >>> now for the real news around the water cooler, no more late snacks for netanyahu, he melted his ice cream budget down to nothing after an israeli news showed he was spending extra money on ice cream. it buys the family nearly a pint a day. netany
. >> reporter: and this white house was eager to show the president enjoying quality time with john boehner, and bill clinton. >> this is not about a trivial issue like a golf game. what we care about is the politics of the united states, whether it is a democrat or republican. >>> coming up right here on "the morning show," president obama braces and gets ready for the automatic spending cuts, what they call sequester. but will they avoid the sequester? the...
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the message from john boehner, if you're a low-skilled worker, hey, stay poor. democrats are ready to pounce all over this. white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer asked republicans for an actual plan to ensure full-time workers will not live in poverty. the president plans to press the issue hard as he takes it -- makes it a big part of his policy agenda on the road. republicans, they are all over the place in response. for instance, take congresswoman marcia blackburn of tennessee. she said a low minimum wage was good for her when she got her first job. >> i remember my first job. when i was working in a retail store, growing up down there in laurel, mississippi, i was making like $2.15 an hour. and i was being taught how to responsibly handle those customer interactions. and i appreciated that opportunity. >> oh, it's all about character building with the republicans. that's what it is. don't want to pay anybody. get your character right. blackburn's calculation, my friends, is way off the mark. after inflation her $2.15 an hour job would be worth between $12
the message from john boehner, if you're a low-skilled worker, hey, stay poor. democrats are ready to pounce all over this. white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer asked republicans for an actual plan to ensure full-time workers will not live in poverty. the president plans to press the issue hard as he takes it -- makes it a big part of his policy agenda on the road. republicans, they are all over the place in response. for instance, take congresswoman marcia blackburn of tennessee. she said a...
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speaker john boehner saying the president's plan would actually hurt hiring. but the president took his state of the union plan on the road arguing it'll give struggling families a fighting chance. >> i believe we reward effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead. because if you work full-time, you shouldn't be in poverty. >> when you've raised the price of employment, guess what happens? you get less of it. at a time when the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs? why would we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people? >> well, the president wants to hike the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour, that's an increase of about 25%. i'm joined now by washington post economic policy correspondent. good to see you here. and as you know, people would benefit by a hike in minimum wage. but as we heard from john boehner, raising that minimum wage would lead to less hiring, and does that support his argument? >> well, there's a robust debate among economists about this.
speaker john boehner saying the president's plan would actually hurt hiring. but the president took his state of the union plan on the road arguing it'll give struggling families a fighting chance. >> i believe we reward effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead. because if you work full-time, you shouldn't be in poverty. >> when you've raised the price of employment, guess what happens? you get less of it. at a time when the...
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let's take a look at these important challenges that john boehner's house has passed. they passed the ryan budget, which is far out of touch with mainstream americans. we made that decision back in november. the country does not want voucherized medicare. boehner's house passed 30 repeals of obama care. more out of touch nonsense that the country rejected. recently they passed a bill pretending to withhold pay raises from congress, but of course that's something they constitutionally can't do. and president obama says it's time to get serious. and it is. but republicans show no signs of seriously addressing the pain ahead for the middle class in this country. and it is about the middle class. and then there is simpson/bowles, which i think is a total fraud, and we shouldn't be listening to people who have, number one, retirement security and health care security for the rest of their lives. they're the wrong people to listen to. they're doing a lot of grandstanding. but they shouldn't get much attention. more commentary coming on simpson/bowles in just a moment. get yo
let's take a look at these important challenges that john boehner's house has passed. they passed the ryan budget, which is far out of touch with mainstream americans. we made that decision back in november. the country does not want voucherized medicare. boehner's house passed 30 repeals of obama care. more out of touch nonsense that the country rejected. recently they passed a bill pretending to withhold pay raises from congress, but of course that's something they constitutionally can't do....
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is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster, it doomsday machine, this sequestration go all out berserk? how else can we understand the party of lincoln doing such economic damage to the republic, such damage and moral to the people. democrat ed rendell and republican michael steele. gentlemen, i want to start with you, michael, because i know you will disagree with me and that's what this is about. i read a lot of good reporting today, not analysis, but good reporting from your side of the aisle, further right than you i believe, that says, great, let's have sequestration. let's short the pentagon. let's cut $85 billion out of the hide of the economy. let's remove hope from the country, maybe risk a second dip because it all helps the republican party and the ideology of lower government, less g
is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster, it doomsday machine, this sequestration go all out berserk? how else can we understand the party of lincoln doing such economic damage to the republic, such...
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just yesterday the house speaker john boehner in a meeting with -- breakfast meeting with television correspondents and anchors said he didn't think that president obama had the guts to do something big, to fix entitlement. that doesn't sound like somebody about to make a deal. senator rubio wanted to put a little rat n literal new face on the party. at the end he said god bless the presidentment president. he told his story coming up as a family that was an only in america story coming up from cuba. he talked about the fact that he still lives in a middle class neighborhood. he said i'm not trying to protect the rich. i'm trying to protect my neighbors. >> it will be interesting to hear what joe has to say at the top of the hour. mike allen will be joining us. >>> members of congress were locked in a bitter fight over the nomination of chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense. in a sharply divided 14-11 vote, the arms services committee sent his nomination to the senate floor but only after hours of pretty intense debate. >> we saw with his nomination something truly extraordina
just yesterday the house speaker john boehner in a meeting with -- breakfast meeting with television correspondents and anchors said he didn't think that president obama had the guts to do something big, to fix entitlement. that doesn't sound like somebody about to make a deal. senator rubio wanted to put a little rat n literal new face on the party. at the end he said god bless the presidentment president. he told his story coming up as a family that was an only in america story coming up from...